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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maria find when she opens a copy of Life Magazine?
(a) A feature on her Austrian hometown.
(b) A pictorial tribute to Vermont.
(c) A shocking article about their manager.
(d) A spread about her and her family.

2. Who else lives on the Vermont property with the von Trapps?
(a) An employee named Theophile and his family.
(b) A maid named Augustana and her family.
(c) A maple syrup farmer named Cole.
(d) A ski instructor name Fey.

3. What does Maria appreciate that America has given her family?
(a) Prestige.
(b) Adoring fans.
(c) Opportunities.
(d) Dignity.

4. Who signs up for the Army?
(a) Mr. Drinker, the family's close friend.
(b) Mr. Warner, the family's former manager.
(c) Mr. Schang, the family's manager.
(d) Father Wasner, the family's choir director.

5. After they've paid off debts, what does the family purchase to help them travel to their concerts and, at the same time, save money?
(a) A large tour bus.
(b) A Lincoln Continental and a Cadillac.
(c) A limousine.
(d) A Chrysler Imperial and a Volvo.

Short Answer Questions

1. After nine days of taking recorder lessons, what do campers at the von Trapp music camp do?

2. Among the natural beauty the family enjoys seeing while traveling across the United States, Maria cites:

3. After Mr. Schang agrees to manage the family, he has their name changed from Trapp Family Choir to what?

4. A cook agrees to work at the music camp as long as she has:

5. Wagner originally plans forty concerts for the family, but because of the war, he can book only how many?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mr. Schang reconsiders and agrees to take on the Trapp family if they supply $5,000 for publicity, how does the family acquire this money?

2. How does the von Trapp family combine their concerts with their charity work?

3. When Georg becomes very sick, what do doctors tell Maria?

4. After the Trapp family settles into their Vermont home, what do they learn about maple syrup?

5. After Georg dies, where is he buried?

6. As the family travels across the United States on their concert tours, what do they appreciate about the scenery? What do they dislike about the landscape?

7. As Maria explains that she and her family are no longer completely European but are not yet fully American, what does she say she appreciates, and what dismays her?

8. During what Maria calls "the memorable year," what problems and issues do the von Trapps experience?

9. In the last chapter, what does Maria attribute to her full recovery?

10. When the family first visits Vermont, what is it about the state that they like?

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